Administrator Contract Job Trends in Edinburgh

Administrator
Scotland > Edinburgh

The median Administrator daily rate in Edinburgh is £112, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 30 November 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 52 61 69
Rank change year-on-year +9 +8 +42
Contract jobs requiring an Administrator 15 10 19
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 2.48% 1.48% 2.02%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.74% 1.56% 2.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 4 11
10th Percentile - £151 -
25th Percentile - £178 £135
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £112 £209 £150
Median % change year-on-year -46.28% +39.00% -70.00%
75th Percentile £130 £300 £228
90th Percentile £141 £413 £400
Scotland median daily rate £130 £192 £425
% change year-on-year -32.42% -54.82% -15.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile £19.53 - -
25th Percentile £19.94 £13.64 -
Median hourly rate £21.25 £14.34 -
Median % change year-on-year +48.19% - -
75th Percentile £21.94 £15.05 -
90th Percentile £21.98 - -
Scotland median hourly rate £21.25 £20.94 £12.26
% change year-on-year +1.48% +70.87% +2.13%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Edinburgh

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Edinburgh. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Edinburgh with a recognized job title 548 640 893
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.73% 94.81% 94.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 281 328 533
10th Percentile £231 £207 £212
25th Percentile £413 £380 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £485 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +7.78% -5.26% -
75th Percentile £550 £538 £550
90th Percentile £625 £650 £613
Scotland median daily rate £452 £450 £482
% change year-on-year +0.44% -6.54% +1.37%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 28 18
10th Percentile £23.60 £16.37 £13.24
25th Percentile £30.50 £18.19 £17.72
Median hourly rate £60.00 £23.30 £28.94
Median % change year-on-year +157.57% -19.49% +45.77%
75th Percentile £75.00 £24.18 £60.00
90th Percentile - - £62.50
Scotland median hourly rate £25.15 £20.94 £19.50
% change year-on-year +20.11% +7.38% +10.05%

Administrator
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Administrator' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.

Administrator job vacancy trend in Edinburgh

Administrator
Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Administrator job vacancies in Edinburgh.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Administrator job vacancies in Edinburgh

Administrator
Hourly Rate Trend in Edinburgh

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Administrator job vacancies in Edinburgh.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Administrator job vacancies in Edinburgh

Administrator Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Edinburgh

For the 6 months to 30 November 2025, Administrator contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Edinburgh region featuring Administrator in the job title.

1 5 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (26.67%) Culture Change
2 4 (26.67%) Microsoft
3 3 (20.00%) ServiceNow
4 2 (13.33%) Asset Management
4 2 (13.33%) Break/Fix
4 2 (13.33%) DB2
4 2 (13.33%) High Availability
4 2 (13.33%) ITSM
4 2 (13.33%) Linux
4 2 (13.33%) Migration
4 2 (13.33%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (13.33%) QA
4 2 (13.33%) Service Management
4 2 (13.33%) Time Management
4 2 (13.33%) Windows
5 1 (6.67%) Azure
5 1 (6.67%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (6.67%) BMC
5 1 (6.67%) Budgeting
5 1 (6.67%) Computer Science
5 1 (6.67%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (6.67%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (6.67%) Customer Service
5 1 (6.67%) Data Entry
5 1 (6.67%) Data Guard
5 1 (6.67%) Data Protection
5 1 (6.67%) Decision-Making
5 1 (6.67%) Degree
5 1 (6.67%) Delphix

Administrator Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Edinburgh by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 5 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 1 (6.67%) Azure
1 1 (6.67%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (6.67%) OCI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (13.33%) DB2
2 1 (6.67%) Oracle Database
2 1 (6.67%) Oracle Exadata
2 1 (6.67%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 1 (6.67%) Oracle APEX
1 1 (6.67%) Toad
General
1 4 (26.67%) Finance
2 3 (20.00%) Social Skills
3 2 (13.33%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (6.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (6.67%) Law
4 1 (6.67%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 4 (26.67%) Learning Management System
2 2 (13.33%) Onboarding
3 1 (6.67%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 2 (13.33%) Linux
1 2 (13.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (26.67%) Culture Change
2 2 (13.33%) Asset Management
2 2 (13.33%) Break/Fix
2 2 (13.33%) High Availability
2 2 (13.33%) ITSM
2 2 (13.33%) Migration
2 2 (13.33%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (13.33%) Service Management
2 2 (13.33%) Time Management
3 1 (6.67%) Computer Science
3 1 (6.67%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (6.67%) Data Entry
3 1 (6.67%) Data Protection
3 1 (6.67%) Decision-Making
3 1 (6.67%) DevOps
3 1 (6.67%) Mentoring
3 1 (6.67%) Performance Tuning
3 1 (6.67%) Software Asset Management
3 1 (6.67%) Software Licensing
3 1 (6.67%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (6.67%) PL/SQL
1 1 (6.67%) Shell Script
1 1 (6.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (6.67%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (6.67%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (13.33%) QA
2 1 (6.67%) GDPR
System Software
1 1 (6.67%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 1 (6.67%) Data Guard
1 1 (6.67%) Oracle RMAN
1 1 (6.67%) Oracle ZFS
Vendors
1 4 (26.67%) Microsoft
2 3 (20.00%) ServiceNow
3 1 (6.67%) BMC
3 1 (6.67%) Delphix
3 1 (6.67%) IBM
3 1 (6.67%) Oracle
3 1 (6.67%) Red Hat
3 1 (6.67%) SAP